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Author Reveals Flaws In The History Of Childbirth
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After Earning MDs, Are Docs Obligated To Keep Practicing Med?
NPR: Fresh Air
‘Get Me Out’: Making Babies Through The Ages
The Write Prescription: Randi Hutter Epstein’s Medical Journey to Journalism
Would you go to medical school to become a better writer? Randi Hutter Epstein did. Unconventional best defines the career journey of the multi-talented Medical Jou…
Child: 4. Every Heartbeat – Medicine via myPod – Podcast on iVoox
Ultrasound scans are an amazing window into a previously utterly mysterious world. Having one can bring a whirlwind of emotions, but they also provide a lot of important information for midwives, doctors and parents.
The Doctors
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Sick Podcast
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Clue’s Hormonal Podcast
Episode 1 | Grains of Salt: Hormone History in the Modern Age
Talk Nerdy.
Podcast With Randi Hutter Epstein
A Scientist Walks Into A Bar
Ep. 20: Aroused
New Books Network
Podcast With Randi Hutter Epstein
Paleo Magazine
Interview with Ashleigh VanHouten
HerMoney with Jean Chatzky
Getting Aroused With Randi Hutter Epstein
KALW: Your Call
Dr. Randi Hutter Epstein explains how hormones control just about everything
WGBH: Innovation Hub
How Your Hormones Control Everything
Gretchen Rubin
It’s Important to Recharge My Inner Battery. To Be On-the-Go, I Need Down Time.
One Radio Network
July 5, 2018
WHYY
Aroused: how hormones control us
The Kathryn Zox Show
Dr. Epstein takes us on a fascinating tour of the unique history and science behind one of medicine’s most important discoveries — hormones — and our quest to control them.
KERA / think
Hormones Are More Than Just Sex
Boss Radio
Marc Courtenay talks with Randi Hutter Epstein
Inquiring Minds
The History of Hormones
Weekend Edition
The Scientists Who Explore Human Hormones In ‘Aroused’
Free Library of Philadelphia
June 26 2018
The Culture Buzz KFMG 98.9 radio
June 2018
The WETA Book Studio | PBS
Bethanne Patrick talks with Randi Hutter Epstein about her book, Get Me Out.
Get Me Out with KBZZ of Reno, Nevada
August 17, 2017
Peter Anthony Holder of the Stuph File
August 17, 2017
WGRA-AM Atlanta Georgia
August 17, 2017
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Male rejuvenation craze sparked kidnappings and organ harvesting
Americans Fell for a Theranos-Style Scam 100 Years Ago. Will We Ever Learn?
How to steer clear of fake medicine and scam science
VOX: Meghan Markle’s postpartum privacy could be good for moms
Blaming Women for Infertility in the 1940s – JSTOR Daily
In the early days of fertility treatments, some doctors theorized that women’s unconscious hatred of their husbands kept them from conceiving.
The People Building Their Lives Around Their Menstrual Cycles
For the past five months, 27-year-old Sara Robbert has been tracking her menstrual cycle – in a graph-ruled notebook, scribbling down a sentence each day about how she feels. Every 28 days or so, she…
Welcome to NYT Parenting. Here’s Why We Won’t Say ‘Natural Birth.’ (Published 2019)
It’s imprecise and can make families whose births are deemed not “natural” feel shame.
Honey, the Baby Is Coming; Quick, Call the Photographer (Published 2012)
Birth photography is a small but growing profession chronicling a rite of passage no less significant than a wedding, though trickier to capture on film.
Nine ways hormones affect your health & wellbeing
YOU might think you control your own behaviour, but actually much of the time your hormones do.
Hormones and Your Health: An Essential Guide
Hormones are vital chemicals that enable daily bodily functions, reproduction, movement, and more. Learn about cortisol and stress; serotonin, dopamine, estrogen and women; progesterone and pregnancy; and testosterone and men’s health.
How hormones went from theoretical to overhyped in one century
From metabolism to sex drive, hormones come in tiny packets that pack a powerful punch, and yet there is a lot of misinformation about these chemicals. So Randi Hutter Epstein, a doctor and medical writer, decided to set the record straight. The result is her book Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything.
Randi Hutter Epstein’s “Aroused”
Randi Hutter Epstein is a medical writer, lecturer at Yale University, Writer in Residence at Yale Medical School, and an adjunct professo…
AROUSED | Kirkus Reviews
A tour of the history of endocrinology, highlighting progress but also the hype that has promoted the curative abilities of hormones.
Spring 2018 Announcements: Science
There’s no end to meditations on and investigations of humankind’s big questions. Examinations of the self, human nature, and our place in the universe abound in these notable spring science titles.
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The New Moms Who Have Had Enough Of Birth Control
“My body has been through the wringer. I have done my part.”
Getting Carsick As An Adult Is A Real Thing, According To Doctors, & It’s More Common In Women
There’s nothing like a good road trip. Snacks, music, great company, and maybe a dog or two, all cruising along together – love it. But a good road trip can easily turn south if you get carsick. This is doubly frustrating if you were always the kid…
The Family of Surgeons That Got Famous by Secretly Using Forceps
The metal tools have saved many lives since the 1500s, but they’ve also come to reflect slow progress in women’s health care.
Elisabeth Bing Dies at 100; ‘Mother of Lamaze’ Helped Change Childbirth (Published 2015)
Ms. Bing helped to popularize the natural childbirth movement, reducing the need for anesthesia and giving mothers more control over the process of childbirth.
13 Facts About Ovaries
They’re tiny but mighty.
Honey, the Baby Is Coming; Quick, Call the Photographer (Published 2012)
Birth photography is a small but growing profession chronicling a rite of passage no less significant than a wedding, though trickier to capture on film.
You Really Can Run Through Your Whole Pregnancy, So Why Does Everyone Say You Can’t?
If you want to feel social judgment smack you like a wall of icy wind, try doing something outrageous as a pregnant person, like buying a bottle of wine or surfing. Outsize reactions to your belly-button piercing reveals a lot about how society…
It’s not labor, it’s bliss!
On a morning last December, Stephanie Benelli was floating on a cloud of strawberry-colored mist. The mist turned orange, then swept over her, bringing her even deeper into a relaxed state. Was she…
Complex truth of pregnancy remains shrouded in taboos
Pregnancy continues to be portrayed through rosy lenses, while the true, sometimes nightmarish side of it remains hidden away.
Investigation: Drinking While Pregnant
It has long been taboo, but now is a growing trend: Moms drinking for two. And believe it or not, some doctors say drinking alcohol while pregnant might not be so bad.